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Re: What Every New Generation of Bosses Has to Learn

Scott Nielsen — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:02:47 -0000

This topic caught my attention and quickly reminded me of an incident this week I had with a small business owner who was concerned about the productivity and profitability of her firm. As we talked I realized there were a number of areas she probably needed to address; however, I finally came to the conclusion that what she really needed was some simple, "obvious and mundane things" to address with her staff.

Perhaps if I'd read your post three days earlier, I would have come to this conclusion sooner!

Re: Are You Over-Reaching?

Scott Nielsen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:21:51 -0000

Thanks for the links, Robert. These are good sites for making the initial connection.

My concern is that most businesses focus on background and experience for qualifications (which is only marginally successful at bringing in a high-performer - about 1 in 4) and cast the net wide to find them.

I see greater success in knowing not only these things, but about how a person will actually do the work and fit into the workplace. There are tools that dramatically increase the success of hiring a high-performer (up to 3 out of 4) when used.

Employers and employees both end up happier.

Re: Forget Old Yeller; You’ve Got to Read This

Scott Nielsen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:50:34 -0000

Hi Patty, thanks for the additional information. Nice video.

You hit on one of the factors that really differentiates performance - I call it H3 engagement: Head, Hands, and Heart. People do good work with one or two; they do great work with all three.